Progressive Grocer

Restricting assortments to attract customers might not be the best option, even if it makes the store look better, cleaner and streamlined in its offer. After all, customers do not walk into a store only for its visual appeal....

Loss leading has long been used by many global retailers as a strategy to boost sales inside the store and clear stocks. But is this a successful strategy or can it be detrimental to retailers (and to the industry...

Product Launch is a process meant to not only introduce a new product to consumers, but also create an image of the product and the parent company for recall value, which enhances the overall turnover and the company’s brand...

The share of health and wellness foods in the packaged food segment is growing fast – from 17 percent in 2002 to 21 percent in 2008. To tap into this growing segment, the packaged food market has introduced several...

With more American consumers turning to supermarkets for convenient meals and “fresh values,” the in-store deli, which includes the increasingly important meal solutions segment, is serving as a linchpin in grocers’ efforts to fuel higher sales and secure shopper...

The branded eggs market, though minuscule when compared to loose eggs, is growing rapidly with consumers becoming more-health conscious and modern retail giving it the required fillip. The days of loose/unbranded eggs bought from the kirana store...

What happened to the so-called British invasion? You know the one where Tesco’s Fresh & Easy small-format food stores were going to sweep across America and turn the U.S. food retailing industry on its head. Fresh & Easy has...

Imagine the choices that today’s grocery store shoppers are confronted with – the larger the store, the more complex and difficult the shopping experience. Timestrapped customers must determine which aisle items are located in, what is on sale, which...

The Rochester, N.Y.-based independent has launched a fleet of 50 hydrogen fuel cell-powered pallet trucks using hydrogen and hydrogen fueling-station technology at its Pottsville, Pa., warehouse, to move produce on a daily basis for shipments to its 75 stores...

The fourth instalment in a series of research and best practice sharing with SUPERVALU University focuses on organisational survey results from independent grocery retail associates in key areas of merchandising in the U.S., and how they affect associate attitudes...

Why is it that many of the same companies appear repeatedly on lists of the best places to work, the best providers of customer service, and the most profitable in their industries? When we talk with leaders of these...

Value-added grains are soon becoming a regular item on the grocery lists; as consumer knowledge expands so does the demand to eschew the plain wheat flour and replace it with healthier variants to keep both tradition and health functioning....

It may take you by surprise, but most Americans entering a supermarket aren’t really looking for groceries. What shoppers most want is help pulling together meals. Not knowing that difference could cost U.S. grocers $11,000 in incremental sales for...

Times are tough for the baby formula category in the U.S., which means that attracting and maintaining sales have become more important than ever. One key component in the battle to capture new parents’ dollars is to offer the...